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September 9, 2013

Honey Garlic Chicken {Crock Pot}

An Asian-inspired chicken dish similar to Bourbon Chicken with honey and garlic that cooks in the slow cooker!

I usually have to smuggle things into Canada that we can’t buy in the grocery stores there because they just don’t have a lot of the ingredients that I can easily find in stores here.

And there are things I have to smuggle back across the border that we can’t get down here in the South. Some of these things are very, very important. Like 'All Dressed' potato chips.

I hope the border patrol agents have mercy on me if I ever get caught. This post is probably being filed with homeland security right this very minute. And we’re going to get strip-searched and anal-probed over a bag of potato chips one day. Seriously, though… I think they’d be worth it.

ANYwho… there’s something else they have that we don’t. Mil makes a chicken dish in the crock pot using a jar of this honey garlic cooking sauce. To my knowledge, we don’t have anything like this around here. But I've been craving it so I decided to try to recreate it.

Combine honey, garlic, soy sauce, ketchup and red pepper flakes in a medium-sized bowl and whisk until all ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. Add green onions and stir (reserving some for garnish if desired).

Pour honey mixture over chicken pieces then cook, covered, on high for 3-4 hours (or low for 5-6 hours) or until chicken is cooked through and tender.

Remove chicken from crock pot then cover to keep moist. Increase temperature of crock pot to high (if not already on high) and replace lid.

Add cornstarch to a small bowl or cup then slowly add water; stir until smooth. Add cornstarch slurry to crock pot, cover and heat until sauce thickens (about 30 minutes).

Chop chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and add back to crock pot. Gently stir to coat chicken with sauce. Reduce heat to “warm” until ready to serve.

Serve chicken and sauce over white rice. Garnish with chopped green onions if desired. I also served fresh steamed broccoli and it went really well with this!

To figure out how many quarts your crock pot is...Fill it with water. A quart is 32 ounces, a cup is 8 ounces. so a quart is 4 cups. You will fill it to the top for an accurate measurement. Hope this helps!

I made this about a week ago and I made it on my stove top in a large deep saute pan and it was AMAZING! I cooked it on a lower temperature on my stove top I cooked six chicken thighs and it made enough for 4-6 people depending upon how big of eaters you are ;)

OMG I brought 4 of the VH sauce in my suitcase from Canada recently! I had figured out the recipe but lost it. Thank you so much for this!!!!! And I hear you for the potato chips, I usually smuggle back one ketchup and one all dressed!

Thanks for sharing this delicious and affordable recipe. When my 13 yr old son saw this, he wants me to make this for him right away. So, I'm going to the store to buy some of the recipes I didn't have in my kitchen after my work. Thanks again and God bless.

I have this in the crock pot thickening as I write this. I tasted the chicken and the sauce - WOW this will be a staple in our house. I too cut the chicken first, for no particular reason and I also put it in the frig for my husband to cook when he got home. Seems to work just fine! Kathy F. in South Dakota

I MADE THIS TONIGHT AND FOLLOWED RECIPE TO THE TEE AND IT CAME OUT WONDERFUL, MY HUSBAND,DAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND LOVED IT...I WAS GOING TO MAKE WHITE RICE BUT DECIDED TO MAKE A LO-MEIN...AWESOME RECIPE...THANKS, AIDA

You don't need to spend the extra on V-H sauces. The Loblaws family of stores sells a "no name" honey garlic sauce that is just as good and not nearly expensive as V-H. I pay 1.49 for the same size jar of no name that is over 2 dollars for the V-H.

I just recently found and started following your blog. This was my first recipe to try, let me say for myself and family...OMG!!!. That sauce is amazing. Forget that Canadian ConAgra bottled sauce and stick to this one. At first I wasn't sure that you hadn't lost your mind as I prayed the family would eat it. It was such a huge hit. From the tiny baby who let out a big "HUM" (he is only 1, so give him a break) to my hubby who I caught finger dipping leftover sauce from the pan, even my almost vegetarian granddaughter ate the chick because she loved the sauce.

I did a couple things different. I left out the red pepper, a 1 yo remember. And I did it as a stir fry. My wokking and knife skills make stir fries faster for me then the prep for this slow cooker version. I started the sticky rice in the ricer and by the time the rice was done, I had prepped the chicken, green onions and sauce base and finished cooking the main dish. For me there is nothing like the flash of steam and the sizzle of a high temp wok, the crisp veggies. There is a trick to making the meat come out of a stir fry just as tender as a slow cook and it involves baking soda.

WOW everyone! Thank you so much for this and your additions and comments. Just moved out of Mom's (YES!) and am learning to cook ..this is so wonderful. I'm just sorry I don't live in Canada and can't rry to VH Garlic sauce but will bother my brother in B.C. next time I talk to him (not holding my breath :)) Thank you Mandy (your hairdo is so pretty!) Ariel {{~.o}}

Hi there! While I'm not able to respond to every comment, I try hard to answer any questions that haven't been addressed in the post, recipe or in other comments. And though I may not respond to them all, I do read each and every comment and I LOVE to hear from you guys! Thanks, y'all! - Mandy